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Mr Pierre Burger

+27 11 535 8143 pburger@werksmans.com

Work Department

Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Position

Director at Werksmans Attorneys 

Career

Pierre practises as a director in the Dispute Resolution Department of Werksmans Attorneys. His practice consists predominantly of arbitration, dealing with high-quantum commercial disputes across a range of sectors. With a particular interest in international arbitration, Pierre has been repeatedly published on the topic, and contributes the South Africa chapter to the World Arbitration Reporter, an international comparative publication. Pierre is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He serves on the Management Committee of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa.

Memberships

Law Society of South Africa

Education

Pierre obtained his BA (Hons) in Latin at the University of Cape Town and the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam in 1996. His course work included transcribing, translating, editing and commenting on the previously untranscribed Casus Codicis of the 12-century legal scholar Wilhelmus de Cabriano.